Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler (middle) talks with two of his quarterbacks Larry Cipa (left) and Dennis Franklin (right) we fore dinner honoring the 1973 Michigan football team.

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Even 40 years later, the passion can be summed up by one simple fact: When the vote was recounted, the attorney still would not give up the goods.

In 1973, the Michigan-Ohio State game ended in a 10-10 tie in Ann Arbor. The subsequent tie-breaking vote to choose the Rose Bowl representative was held in Chicago by the Big Ten's 10 athletic directors.